Cash-strapped Sri Lanka has determined to quickly shut its embassies in Norway and Iraq, in addition to the nation’s Consulate General in Sydney, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs mentioned on Tuesday.
An announcement from the ministry mentioned the choice will take impact from April 30.
The Ministry mentioned the choice of momentary closure of the 2 embassies and a consulate by the federal government got here after cautious deliberation and was a part of a basic restructuring of Sri Lanka’s diplomatic illustration abroad.
It comes within the context of the present financial disaster and international forex constraints confronted by Sri Lanka that has led to protests throughout the nation and resignations en-mass from Sri Lanka’s cupboard.
According to the assertion, following the closure of the 2 resident missions, the Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Sweden’s Stockholm will probably be concurrently accredited to Norway and the Ambassador of Sri Lanka in Abu Dhabi will probably be concurrently accredited to Iraq.
The consular jurisdiction of the Consulate General in Sydney will revert to the High Commission of Sri Lanka in Canberra, Australia, the Foreign Ministry mentioned.
The ministry has assured that it’ll undertake acceptable measures to deal with all consular-related issues of Sri Lankan residents residing in Norway and Iraq, and throughout the consular jurisdiction of Sydney, via the brand new accreditation as talked about, in addition to via the respective Honorary
Consulates of Sri Lanka positioned in Norway, Oslo and Australia.
The ministry additional said that it’ll fastidiously monitor the transition course of.
The resolution of the closure of the resident missions undertaken as a brief measure wouldn’t in any manner impinge upon Sri Lanka’s bilateral relations with the 2 nations, the international ministry mentioned.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
